Be Still My Beating Heart Explained

Be Still My Beating Heart
Cover:Be Still My Beating Heart.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sting
Album:...Nothing Like the Sun
B-Side:Ghost in the Strand
Released:January 1988[1]
Length: (single)
(album)
Label:A&M
Prev Title:We'll Be Together
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Englishman in New York
Next Year:1988

"Be Still My Beating Heart" is a song by Sting, from his second studio album, ...Nothing Like the Sun; released as the second US single from the album. In 1989 the song was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.

Former Police bandmate Andy Summers played guitar on the track. The song appeared in the 2000 film Dolphins; Sting also wrote the score for the film.[2] The track has since appeared on The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984–1994 compilation album among others.[3]

Single release

The song was also released as a single, and reached #15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #37 Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively. It was only released as a single in Japan, South Africa, Australia, Canada & United States.[4] There are two single edit-length versions of the track (3:59) and (4:40).[5]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Candace Reckinger and her husband Michael Patterson.[6] The video later appeared on The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 compilation VHS home video.[7]

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 94
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 22
US Billboard Hot 10015
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)37
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)2

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 1995. 792 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles . Canongate Press .
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263278/soundtrack From Dolphins page on Internet Movie Database
  3. Web site: Information from Sting.com Official Site . 2010-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100524065534/http://www.sting.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=99 . 2010-05-24 . dead .
  4. US Chart information supplied by All Music Guide
  5. http://stingoop.com/disco/02nothing/singles_bestill.htm Single edit information provided by Sting Out Of Print: The Complete Discography
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666324/otherworks From Michael Patterson's entry from Internet Movie Database
  7. https://www.discogs.com/de/Sting-Fields-Of-Gold-The-Best-Of-Sting-1984-1994/release/10453559 Information from discogs.com
  8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 295. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  9. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0950&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0950.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0950 Canadian Top Singles